きょう

See also: ぎょう

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
今日

⟨ke1 pu⟩ → */kʲepu/ → /keɸu/ → */kewu/ → /keu/ → /kjoː/

From Old Japanese けふ (ke1pu), from Proto-Japonic *kepu.

Originally a compound of 此 (ke, apophonic form of ko, "this") + 日 (fu, apophonic form of hi, “day”). The final /eu/ → /joː/ sound shift is a separate but regular phonological change.

Pronunciation

Noun

きょう • (kyō) ←けふ (kefu)?

  1. today
    Synonym: 本日 (honjitsu)
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • きょうあす (kyō asu)
  • きょうかあすか (kyō ka asu ka)
  • きょうが日(ひ) (kyō ga hi)
  • きょうこの頃(ごろ) (kyō konogoro)
  • きょうというきょう (kyō to iu kyō)
  • きょう日(び) (kyōbi)
  • きょうの秋(あき) (kyō no aki)
  • きょうの月(つき) (kyō no tsuki)
  • きょうの日(ひ) (kyō no hi)
  • 明(あ)くるきょう (akuru kyō)
  • きのうきょう (kinō kyō)
  • きのうのきょう (kinō no kyō)
  • きのうやきょう (kinō ya kyō)
Proverbs
Proverbs
  • 今日(きょう)あって明日(あす)ない身(み) (kyō atte asu nai mi)
  • 今日(きょう)考(かんが)えて明日(あす)語(かた)れ (kyō kangaete asu katare)
  • 今日(きょう)の情(なさ)けは明日(あす)の仇(あだ) (kyō no nasake wa asu no ada)
  • 今日(きょう)の後(のち)に今日(きょう)なし (kyō no nochi ni kyō nashi)
  • 今日(きょう)の一(ひと)針(はり)明日(あす)の十(と)針(はり) (kyō no hitohari asu no tohari)
  • 今日(きょう)は人(ひと)の上(うえ)明日(あす)は我(わ)が身(み)の上(うえ) (kyō wa hito no ue asu wa waga mi no ue)
  • 明日(あす)の百(ひゃく)より今日(きょう)の五(ご)十(じゅう) (asu no hyaku yori kyō no gojū)
  • 昨日(きのう)のつづれ今日(きょう)の錦(にしき) (kinō no tsuzure kyō no nishiki)
  • 昨日(きのう)の敵(てき)は今日(きょう)の友(とも) (kinō no teki wa kyō no tomo)
  • 昨日(きのう)の淵(ふち)は今日(きょう)の瀬(せ) (kinō no fuchi wa kyō no se)
  • 昨日(きのう)の錦(にしき)今日(きょう)の襤褸(つづれ) (kinō no nishiki kyō no tsuzure)
  • 昨日(きのう)の花(はな)は今日(きょう)の夢(ゆめ) (kinō no hana wa kyō no yume)

Proper noun

きょう • (Kyō) ←けふ (kefu)?

  1. a female given name
See also

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of きょう – see the following entries.
【京】2
[noun] capital city
[noun] Short for 京都 (Kyōto, “Kyōto (a city in Kyōto, Japan)”).
[affix] capital city
[affix] (specifically) Kyōto (a city in Kyōto, Japan)
[affix] (especially) Tōkyō (a province of Japan)
【強】2
[noun] strength
[noun] (lengths of time) slightly more than
【教】2
[affix] teaching
[affix] doctrine
[suffix] -ism (religion)
【共】4
[prefix] co-
【境】5
[noun] region, environment
[noun] mental state
[noun] (Buddhism) something that can be perceived with the mind or senses
【経】5
[noun] (Buddhism) a sutra (Buddhist scripture):
[noun] a discourse of the Gautama Buddha, one of the Twelve Divisions of Mahayana Buddhism
[noun] short for 経蔵 (Kyōzō): the Sutta Pitaka, one of the three divisions of the Tripitaka
[noun] collective term for Buddhist literature including sutras in general
[noun] (Buddhism, by extension of reading sutras) a Buddhist service or rite
[noun] a scripture (in religions other than Buddhism)
[proper noun] a surname
[proper noun] a unisex given name
【興】5
[noun] entertainment; pleasure; interest
【郷】6
[noun] hometown
【香】4
[noun] Clipping of 香車.
【凶】S
[noun] ill fortune
Alternative spelling
兇
【卿】J
[noun] (honorific title) Sir, Lord
【侠】H
[noun] chivalrous spirit (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
(This term, きょう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as きょう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as きょう.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 橋, 恐, 供, 孝, 狂, 饗, 兇, 羌, 轎.)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kojima, Noriyuki; Arai Eizō (1989) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 5: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. Sōchō; H. Mack Horton (2002) The Journal of Sōchō, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 209
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